Expand and simplify
Expand brackets, then simplify by collecting like terms.
- Expand each bracket first.
- Treat a minus sign before a bracket as part of the outside coefficient.
- Collect like terms after every bracket has been expanded.
Example 1
Expand and simplify.
Example 2
Multiply out the brackets and collect like terms.
Remember
In Example 2,
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